Fifth Annual D.C. Heath
American Literature Student Essay Contest
D.C. Heath announces its fifth annual essay contest for students, designed to encourage students to read broadly in American literature
and to experience the richness and complexity of voices both traditional and non-traditional. We are asking instructors using
The Heath Anthology of American Literature in their undergraduate classes to sponsor essays that they think are examples of fine student
writing and creative thinking. We encourage instructors to make assignments that will allow students to read canonical and noncanonical works t
ogether, allowing for productive comparisons. However, for this contest, we will consider any essay written about a writer or work which appears in
The Heath Anthology. Sponsoring instructors are asked to send us their assignments; we will reprint them alongside winning essays.
Here are the details:
Prizes: Two winners will be chosen from the essays received. Winning srudents will each receive a check for $100 and their prizewinning essays will be published in an upcoming issue of The Heath Anthology of American Literature Newsletter. (Sponsoring instuctors will each receive an honorarium of $50.)
Judges: Winning essays will be chosen by a panel composed of members of The Heath Anthology of American Literature Newsletter editorial board.
Deadline: February 28, 1995
Length: 1,000 words
Subject: An analysis or exploration of some writer, work, movement (social, literary, or historical), or combination of these elements, using the material in The Heath Anthology as a primary source. The shape or mode of the essay may vary, and personal responses are as welcome as source-based papers.
Format: All essays myst be typed, double-spaced, and accompanied by the student's and instructor's complete mailing address and phone number. Winners and sponsoring instructors will be contacted. All submissions become the property of D.C. Heath and Company, which reserves the right to edit the winning essays for style, mechanics, and format.
To enter: Contestants must be undergraduates.
Send entries to:
Heath Anthology Essay Contest
c/o Paul Smith, Senior Editor
D.C. Heath and Company
125 Spring Street
